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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2020, 9:50 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2020, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
455
WUUS53 KMPX 140250
SVRMPX
MNC153-140330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.200714T0250Z-200714T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
950 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Todd County in central Minnesota...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 950 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eagle Bend,
or 21 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Clarissa around 1000 PM CDT.
Browerville around 1005 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Clotho.
This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 187 and 208.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4596 9465 4601 9515 4621 9514 4629 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 266DEG 36KT 4614 9506
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
044
WWUS53 KMPX 140304
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1004 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
MNC153-140330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200714T0330Z/
Todd MN-
1004 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...
At 1004 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clarissa, or
24 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Browerville around 1015 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Clotho.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4596 9465 4601 9515 4608 9514 4619 9498
4629 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 272DEG 29KT 4611 9496
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF943
WWUS53 KMPX 140318
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1018 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
MNC153-140330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200714T0330Z/
Todd MN-
1018 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...
At 1018 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Browerville,
or 23 miles west of Little Falls, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Todd County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4596 9465 4602 9503 4609 9503 4614 9494
4623 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 275DEG 26KT 4609 9483
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 38 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.